Sumatran rhino............tick!
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I've seen a photo of a Sumatran rhino -- does that count for anything?
Anyone part of the "seen a Sumatran rhino in the wild" club? One day I will be (hopefully clasps hands in silent prayer to the rhino god).
Anyone part of the "seen a Sumatran rhino in the wild" club? One day I will be (hopefully clasps hands in silent prayer to the rhino god).
MARK
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yes "Iam IN" I can say that I have fed and patted two Sumatran rhinos a male and female (off exhibit),
hehe 
i'll wait! any more info? i still have a few days and am in the area....
Here is info and bad photo:
Malaysia Tips
homepage of Vladimir Dinets-Malaysia
Note: Website of Mr. Dinets is very interesting and entertaining for naturalist, but take it with a pinch of salt. He himself admitted exagerrating.
Malaysia Tips
homepage of Vladimir Dinets-Malaysia
Note: Website of Mr. Dinets is very interesting and entertaining for naturalist, but take it with a pinch of salt. He himself admitted exagerrating.
Will Patrick form an exclusive club of his own? the only person on the Zoobeat Forum to actually have seen a truly WILD Sumatran rhino
... watch this space...
In May 1997 I had the choice of going either to Howletts or Port Lympne. Port Lympe had been keeping Sumatran rhinos but they were due to be exported sometime during the year. Not knowing if they would still be there when I visited I opted to go to Howletts because there were more species that I had not seen before than there were at Port Lympne. These included dholes, four-horned antelope and many of the langurs.
The Sumatran rhino export was put back a year so I may have been able to see them if I'd gone to Port Lympne instead of Howletts. They had already left when I visited in June 1998. So I have to give myself a cross not a tick.
I'll just have to hope Chester's Superzoo masterplan has been drawn up to house all five rhino species; and before anyone starts a thread on it, I'm only doing some wishful thinking. It's not official.
The Sumatran rhino export was put back a year so I may have been able to see them if I'd gone to Port Lympne instead of Howletts. They had already left when I visited in June 1998. So I have to give myself a cross not a tick.
I'll just have to hope Chester's Superzoo masterplan has been drawn up to house all five rhino species; and before anyone starts a thread on it, I'm only doing some wishful thinking. It's not official.
It was only the male 'Torgamba' who was re-exported to Way Kambas(he's still there)- both the females having died previously. I saw Torgamba and Meranti (the 2nd female) on two occasions (once together, once separated) and Torgamba alone after the female died on possibly two more visits. The last time was just a few weeks before he finally left- I have several 'trophy' photos taken on that visit of me feeding him. I doubt I'll see another!
No. Come to think of it I've never been in any of the indoor quarters /offshow areas of any animals at either Howletts or Port Lympne- except very many years ago, inside the original old Gorilla house(still in use) at Howletts.
MARK
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It was quite interesting, the roof was low because it was a heated house in the winter and was less area to heat up, there were quite a few stalls which was a surprise, In one corner a large cold room for there fruit ect. The two main pens both had a heated mud wallow, from what I was told there was a large "heat cord" buried in the mud, the floor in each pen was covered in a thick layer of mulch so they never had to lay on cold concrete
It sounds a lot more palatial than Cincinnati's indoor housing. From the webcam Cincinnati's look like ordinary concrete stalls, with some rubber matting in one corner to lie on. Ceertainly no indoor pools or wallows that I can see. (I believe they may be changing that in the future though.)
Howletts and Port Lympne certainly spared no expense in caring for the Sumatran rhinos- a great pity that they failed to breed them- I think this was due to both females being too old when they got them. With a young female they might just have been successful....
Howletts and Port Lympne certainly spared no expense in caring for the Sumatran rhinos- a great pity that they failed to breed them- I think this was due to both females being too old when they got them. With a young female they might just have been successful....
Writhedhornbill
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Does anyone know where this picture was taken, and of what rhino it is of?
dkimages - discover - animals - Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)
dkimages - discover - animals - Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis)